The visit was great, but always too short. We arrived shortly after 3:00pm local time. After some time catching up with Adrian, his son Hadeon woke from his nap. Hadeon was a little shy at first, just hiding around the corner watching us, but in no time he was climbing onto our [...]

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Neil and I are heading to the B.C. Interior for the weekend, Peachland specifically, to enjoy our last long weekend of the summer.  We plan to enjoy a bit of mountain biking, a few wineries, a pick-your-own orchard, a botanical garden, a visit to a perservatives shop for delicious jellies and syrups and a bit [...]

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The car was packed and ready to go Friday evening. I met Neil at home and we headed off to Whistler for a weekend of crankin’ and tubbin’. We were staying on the 10th floor of The Westin Resort and Spa, slope-side. We unloaded the car, stored our bikes and grabbed our bathing suits for [...]

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This evening, I joined my colleagues to tackle the Grouse Grind. I might add, that these are super fit colleagues that put me to shame. One male finished in 38:xx minutes while the female I was with finished in 49:xx minutes. I came slowly behind at 66:xx minutes. Ugh. I [...]

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Saturday, Neil and I were up extremely early to catch the first ferry leaving Horseshoe Bay for Langdale. We weren’t able to leave on the first ferry without reservations, but we made it onto the second ferry less than an hour later. The later departure was no worry as we had a few [...]

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